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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Linksgiving (Why Fantasy Matters, Twilight Fanfic, and More)

I love this photo and I don't know where it's from. Halp.

Oh my gosh, what is this? Are we - gasp - back to a normal posting schedule? Blasphemy!

Well, blasphemous or not, it's the truth. Thank you all for sticking with me through the crazies of last month, and let's hope that we can stick to something more sane for a bit. Fingers crossed, at least.

Anyway, this week we've got a vast variety of more editorial links, by which I mean that they don't fit into an easy category, except that I find them interesting and worth reading. So, enjoy!

7. Women in the Anita Blake Series from Fangs for the Fantasy. I hate the Anita Blake series, but I've never been able to eloquently express that. So read this instead. It's everything I would say if I weren't so busy frothing at the mouth.

8. The Visual Philosophy of Genis Carreras from Make a Powerful Point. As a philosophy major, I love it when people put these things together - where they find a way to clearly portray complex ideas. And this is beautiful.

9. How to Live Without Irony from NYTimes. Just because sincerity is better, doesn't mean it's easy. It isn't. But it is good.

16. An Open Letter to Facebook from MotherWise. If upskirt shots, creeper shots, nude selfies, and general creepiness aren't too much for Facebook, then why do they have a problem with anatomical charts and breastfeeding photos? Because those things aren't designed to titillate.

17. Animated 'Art Story' Film Looks Painfully Adorable from Huffington Post. Every once in a while you hear about an upcoming project that just sounds wonderful and exactly like what is missing from the world. That's what this is. A thing that needs to be.